Educational Discounts

So you want to make games but the license fees got you down? Well, lots of companies are willing to give students big educational discounts, even giving away software for free! Careful, once you graduate, you might not be eligible anymore... Here's a rundown of what game development discounts we've found:

Lynda.com Training Videos
Stony Brook students have access to the library of online videos available through Lynda.com. Includes lessons on Flash, Photoshop, HTML5, iOS, Android, Unity, Maya.
 * http://it.stonybrook.edu/services/lyndacom

Virtual SINC Site
You may be aware that Stony Brook students have access to the school's SINC sites, but did you know that they include software like Adobe Flash and Photoshop for free? And that you can access them from your home without going on campus? Follow the instructions by the Stony Brook IT department to set up your Virtual SINC site.
 * http://it.stonybrook.edu/services/virtual-sinc-site

IEEE Computing Society
Membership gives access to Safari Books Online, Element K online courses, Microsoft development software, publications, and registration discounts for conferences. 1 Year Membership is $40 for students.


 * http://www.computer.org/portal/web/membership/student-benefit-home

Microsoft Dreamspark
Get Visual Studio Pro for absolutely FREE from Microsoft's Dreamspark program. Additionally, students may receive a 1 year subscription to Xbox Live Indie Games for free allowing deployment to Xbox 360 absolutely free.
 * https://www.dreamspark.com/
 * http://xbox.create.msdn.com/en-US/education/academia

Adobe
Get Adobe products like Flash and Photoshop at deep educational discounts (they'll still cost a couple hundred dollars though) or access all of Adobe's products with the Creative Cloud for $29.99 a month.
 * http://www.adobe.com/education/students.edu.html?showEduReq=no

Unity
Unity Pro licenses for only $100 with options for iOS, Android, and Flash for additional charges.
 * http://www.studica.com/unity
 * Additionally, with your Unity Pro (or Android/iOS Pro) license, you can speak with video tutorial website design3 to for a free annual membership.


 * https://www.design3.com/academic

Autodesk
More than 35 Autodesk products are absolutely free, including Autodesk Maya.
 * http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=14185424

Mono for Android and iOS
Developing in C#, perhaps XNA? Using MonoGame but want to expand to more platforms? Prove your student enrollment and get MonoDroid and MonoTouch licenses for $79 from Xamarin:
 * http://blog.xamarin.com/2011/08/18/back-to-school/

Game Salad Pro
Unlock app development for the game maker Game Salad for $139
 * http://www.studica.com/GameSalad/gamesalad-creator-pro/gscsf.html